Man fires BBs at three Norwalk youths
Three boys ages 9 to 12 were struck by BBs Thursday night by a 21 year old man who said he feared the youths would damage his car. None of the injuries were serious. Police spoke with the shooter, who admitted the act but was not charged.
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Norwalk
David Ream
Marian Dr
Mike Jones
Vinewood Ave
Stephen Quellette
W. Main St
Vinewood
Main
Steve Quellette
Ream
Jailers Foil Inmate Escape Attempt in Solano County
In Fairfield Solano County jailers found cutting wire and pliers hidden in the ankle cast of inmate Wilbur K Perryman and stopped his effort to saw through bars. They note the inmate previously fractured his ankle during a prior escape attempt.
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Fairfield, Calif
UPI
Solano County
Wilbur K. Perryman
Carabin Outlines Dreams For Norwalk Future
Norwalk Chamber President Tom Carabin addressed Kiwanis members outlining a master plan for Norwalk. He envisions a mall on Main Street a mass transit system and canoeing on Norwalk Creek. The plan aims to involve the community and guide city development over the next 20 years.
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Norwalk
Norwalk Creek
Tom Carabin
Carabin
Chamber of Commerce
Kiwanis Club
Planning Commission
Kiwanis
SC Raises School Lunch Prices In Greenwich Board Action
The South Central Board of Education raised lunch prices for the first time since 1971 with meals for grades one through seven at 45 cents and grades eight through 12 at 55 cents while adults pay 85 cents Milk costs six cents per half pint. The board also hired Dean C. Bryant as industrial arts teacher and added staff including Mrs. Marlene Jones and Robert Lehrer. A new bus was ordered with total cost 12 093 dollars funded by insurance and value statements were approved.
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Greenwich
South Central Board of Education
Dean C. Bryant
Tiffin
Bryant
Marlene Jones
Robert Lehrer
Recycling hero trades trash for treasure in California
Ray Valine an ex garbageman 28 forms U S Destiny Recycling Service after quitting trash pickup for the county He runs a free thorough recycling route with 1500 homes on five routes through northern California He sorts and sells recyclables to distributors and hopes to inspire monthly recycling days despite long hours and early losses.
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Donald Thornton
Sacramento
Calif
UPI
Ray Valine
Valine
U.S. Destiny Recycling Service
California
North Highlands
75-year-old clerk defies robber at Spokane hotel
Night clerk William G. Brammer, 75, told a would be robber to shoot if he wanted to while the man pointed a gun at him at the Pedicord Hotel. The surprised bandit, in his 20s, fled empty handed.
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Brammer
Pedicord
Demand for braille girlie magazines shocks Britain
London UPI reports a demand by blind British men for girlie magazines printed in braille. The New Beacon magazine from the Royal National Institute for the Blind highlights a controversial request raising debate on accessibility and sexual content for visually impaired readers.
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London
UPI
New Beacon
Royal National Institute For the Blind
Xenia Guardsman Honored for Heroic Fire Rescue
Second Lt. Carmine Forzono of Fairborn received the Ohio Cross, equivalent to the Medal of Honor, for rescuing several National Guardsmen from a fire at Cherry's Furniture Store shortly after a tornado hit Xenia. Fellow guardsmen Sgt. William Wolfe and Lt. Paris and Airman J. C. Gregg M. Wills earned the Ohio Distinguished Service Medal with valor devices.
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Carmine Forzono
John J. Gilligan
Forzono
Fairborn
Forzano
Cherry’s
Gilligan
William L. Wolfe
Paris
J.C. Gregg M. Wills
Bellefontaine
Ohio
Xenia
Henley Receives 594 Year Sentence For Murders
Elmer Wayne Henley, 18, is sentenced to 594 years in prison for his role in the Houston sex and torture murder spree. He can seek parole after 15 years. The judge stacked sentences for 27 killings linked to the case in Southeast Texas.
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K. Mack Sisk
San Antonio, Tex
UPI
Elmer Wayne Henley
Houston
Preston Dial
Henley
Texas
Dial
Don Lambright
Department of Corrections
Will Gray
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Gray
Dean Arnold Corrll
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